The main betting odds left for the European football season?
February 4, 2019
Will there be major returns on betting odds for the remainder of the European 2018-19 football season?
With all major European football leagues now underway again after a winter break there is still a lot to play for in this football season. Some of the more notable European league championships, such as the English Premier League, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, Spanish La Liga and Italian Serie A, are beginning to shape up with at least one club per league appearing to be the main contender for the league championship.
As far as betting odds are concerned for punters, it might be a good time to see which team is at the top of the league table in each league should you wish to wager a bet as to the winners of each league or even cup competitions, with the FA Cup drawing most of the attention. The current league standings across the main European leagues might suggest that the following teams might be crowned champions in their domestic leagues: Liverpool in England, Paris Saint Germain in France, Barcelona in Spain, Juventus in Italy and Borussia Dortmund in Germany.
With many betting odds for records that can be broken available at the start of the football season, it might be useful to look at the main odds available on some of the free bets available on major betting sites, such as the Coral betting website. These odds can be broken down to many different categories, however, the traditional ones always remain the most popular categories of choice, namely, the league winners, the domestic cup winners, the relegated teams, the promoted teams and the international tournament winner. Should you wish to wager a bet on any of the European competitions, you might want to shop around for free bets and bonuses before placing a bet on a football team.
These often include cup competitions from across Europe with betting sites using stats to determine odds in the FA Cup. The odds currently suggest that Manchester City are priced at 11/8 and therefore are the outright bookies' favourites to lift the 2018-19 FA Cup after they were drawn away to the winner between Middlesbrough and Newport County. Should he Citizens lift the cup it will be only their 6th time doing so as they lag behind some of the other Premier League teams when it comes to the amount of times they won the FA Cup. The most decorated team is Arsenal, having won the cup 13 times just one more than Manchester United, with both Chelsea and Tottenham on 8 cups each.
Another major European cup competition to look forward to is the Copa del Rey in Spain with Sevilla appearing to be causing a major upset by taking a 2-0 lead to the return game at Barcelona. However, Sevilla couldn't beat Barça over the course of two legs and lost the return match 6-1 at the Camp Nou. That result meant that Messi and co will now face Real Madrid in semi-finals after Madrid beat Girona 1-3. Looking back at the previous winners, Barcelona have won the cup 30 times, with the last final being won by the Catalonian team only last year. Sevilla on the other hand have only lifted the trophy 5 times, and the last time the Andalusian club has won the cup was nearly a decade ago, back in 2010, they will have to wait another year to try and win this cup again. Real Madrid on the other hand have won the cup 19 times, but only lifted the cup last in 2014.
As for this year's Coppa Italia, new AC Milan striker Krzysztof Piatek who was only signed a few days ago, did not disappoint, scoring a brace in the 2-0 win over Napoli, and so sending the Rossoneri to the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia where they will face Lazio. However, the big semi-final to look out for is that of Fiorentina against Atalanta. The former team beat Roma 7-1 while Atalanta shockingly beat Juventus 3-0.